episode_0184

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Solecusire, Inquisitor Headquarters.

In the middle of the night, Maria headed somewhere along a hallway bathed in faint moonlight.

Her steps were to the office of Lumen, who leads the Inquisitor.

– smart

“This is Maria.”

“Please come in, Sister Maria.”

Maria’s white hand knocked on the door, and after a while, a sound was heard from inside the door.

As she opened the door and entered, Lumen looked at her with heavy fatigue under his eyes.

She was reading a report with the moonlight coming through the window and the lamp on her desk.

“Starting tomorrow, right?”

Lumen asked Maria, who entered the room and remained silent.

“Yes, starting tomorrow.”

“Here, the official schedule.”

Lumen handed her a piece of paper stuck on a wooden board.

Maria glanced over the contents of the paper for a moment.

“Schedule….”

“Nothing much. I think you just need to observe worship and meal times.”

Lumen said, gathering the papers and tapping them on the desk.

“Yes. I will assist you without any problem.”

Maria looked at Lumen with a determined expression.

Lumen looked at Maria’s extremely serious face and smiled.

“I have never doubted Sister Maria’s faith. On the contrary, it bothers me that everything is serious.”

A rare look of comfort appeared on Lumen’s tired face.

“I have a slightly different opinion from the Pope.”

Lumen leaned back in his chair, pressing his eyes with his fingers.

“Which….”

Because Lumen was always difficult to deal with, Maria trailed off.

“Did you hear that the saint went to Solar Qsia today and told the training instructor to swing the sword at him?”

“Oh, no. This is my first time hearing it. But, the instructor didn’t really swing a sword, right?”

“No, I swung it. It was said that the posture was to cut cleanly from top to bottom.”

“How could you do such a crazy thing…!”

No matter how the saint’s words are said, a sword is pointed at the saint. Maria found it difficult to understand.

“So what happened?”

“You are safe. No, you didn’t have a single scratch.”

Well, if he had been hurt, the church headquarters would have been turned upside down.

Feeling embarrassed that she was making a fuss for no reason, Marien turned her gaze to the floor.

“There is something more important here than the fact that Brother Andrea swung the sword.”

Lumen said, looking at Maria.

From that subtle look, Maria knew that she had something to say.

“The saint told Brother Andrew to trust and wield himself.”

“Your actions are unconventional.”

Maria said, remembering the saint she saw on the execution platform and the saint she is today.

“There have been many saints, but this is the first saint since the creation of the Solarium Church. It’s unconventional, no, it can’t be compared.”

Tap, tap, Lumen tapped the desk with the tip of her fingernail.

“Anyway, the important thing is this. The Holy Son will definitely be of great help to Sister Maria’s stagnant faith.”

I heard you’ve been having a lot of trouble lately.

Lumen added.

“What should I do….”

As Maria spoke hesitantly, Lumen grinned.

“You can do whatever the saint tells you to do.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Okay, then please go ahead. If you want to help the saint, you will need to sleep well.”

“Okay. Well then…”

Maria turned and grabbed the door handle.

“Oh, Sister Maria?”

Lumen’s voice grabbed Maria’s shoulder.

“Yes?”

“By any chance, if the saint visits Solar Qsiore… please send someone to let us know in advance. Because you can’t greet the saint without any preparation.”

“Yes, I understand.”

After Maria closed the door and left, Lumen looked at the door Maria left through for a while.

She put her glasses back on her desk and turned her attention to the unfinished documents.

“Phew….”

A long sigh flowed out of Lumen’s mouth.

“What are your thoughts?”

Why did you choose Maria among so many people?

It was difficult for Lumen to guess Inho’s thoughts.

***

The next morning.

Maria was waiting endlessly in front of Inho’s room.

– Dang dang dang

Each time a bell rang in the distance, Mary’s hand went up and then down to the door of the room where the saint was.

“Soon, it’s worship.”

The morning service, presided over by the bishop, was scheduled to begin within an hour.

Even if In-ho were to wake up now, it would be difficult to attend.

Unable to enter the room where In-ho was, Maria expressed her urgency by walking back and forth in front of the room.

When I put my ear to the room and looked at the situation inside, I could hear the saint’s even breathing.

Probably still sleeping.

“Ahh….”

A saint can’t attend worship because he’s sleeping?

When something like that happened, it was obvious who would be responsible.

Maria, who hesitated in front of the door for about 5 minutes, soon put on a determined expression and knocked on the door.

“Saint, this is Mary.”

It was a knock that had happened more than a dozen times already.

She knocked on the door for a final check, then took a deep breath.

“Saint, I’m sorry, but I’m going in.”

– Squeeze

When Maria carefully opened the door and entered, she saw the saint sleeping on the bed.

The sight of him lying comfortably on the bed, breathing, looked quite pious.

Feeling a sense of awe that was difficult to express, Mary quietly walked next to the saint.

“……”

Mary bowed down and called to the saint in a quiet voice.

“Saint.”

Despite Mary’s call, the saint showed no sign of waking up.

– gulp

Mary swallowed once and gently placed her hand on the saint’s shoulder.

And he shook his body very weakly.

“Saint, it is time to wake up. Actually… it’s a little late.”

“……”

The saint just frowned and made no reply.

“Saint, saint… Wow!”

Maria tried to shake his body a few more times, but suddenly the saint pulled her arm and she fell down on the bed.

“Seo, saint?”

The saint hugged himself tightly, as if hugging a huge teddy bear.

Maria froze in that position with a bright red face.

– My heart is pounding

The heartbeat gradually became stronger.

“Seo, saint… If you do this…”

Maria’s face was not only red, it was almost cooked.

“Umm….”

As Maria’s breath tickled Inho’s face, the saint’s eyes fluttered.

And his eyes slowly open.

“Hmm?”

His narrowed eyes grew wider.

And then, their gazes collide.

“……”

“……”

The saint seemed to be working hard to understand this situation.

Maria was deciding how to explain this situation.

“I….”

And the moment Maria opened her mouth to explain the situation.

“Ugh!!!! He is a rapist!!!”

The saint screamed.